Flight-Ready Vehicle Fluid Systems Engineer

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

PTO & sick leave

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space is seeking a Vehicle Fluid Systems Engineer to own the fluid subsystem architecture for the Terran R vehicle. You’ll apply thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer to guide design, analysis, manufacturing, validation and operations, with on-site collaboration in our factory.

You will conduct 1D steady-state and network analyses, lead design and manufacturing reviews, and define test objectives to validate system performance and integration for launch readiness.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience working with fluids systems.
• Experience applying engineering fundamentals in system design, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer.
• Experience with fluid or thermal modeling tools for internal compressible and incompressible analysis.
• Proficiency in Python or a similar programming language for scientific computing and automated test/simulation data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Own the vehicle fluid subsystem architecture and schematics, including system control scheme, system and component selection and sizing.
• Conducting fluid and thermal analyses, including system sizing and characterization using a variety of base analytical methods (1D steady-state, fluid networks, etc.).
• Leading and participating in system and hardware design and manufacturing reviews.
• Defining and supporting test objectives and test campaigns to validate system design, system models and overall system performance including supporting integrated vehicle testing and launch.

Tools

Python

Job description

Relativity Space is seeking a Vehicle Fluid Systems Engineer to own the fluid subsystem architecture for the Terran R vehicle. You’ll apply thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer to guide design, analysis, manufacturing, validation and operations, with on-site collaboration in our factory.

You will conduct 1D steady-state and network analyses, lead design and manufacturing reviews, and define test objectives to validate system performance and integration for launch readiness.